By now most everyone has heard of the Rolling Stone Article that prompted President Obama to “recall” and relieve General McChrystal from his job as commander of our military forces in Afghanistan. I get that a President has the right to relieve a military official from his post for undermining his authority. I get the chain of command and the civilian control thing. I get that a President must look tough in the eyes of friends and enemies alike. I get the UCMJ. But here is what I don’t get.

“Are you asking about Vice President Biden?” McChrystal says chuckling. “Who’s that?”  This is the direct quote, the only direct quote from McChrystal as it relates to the V.P., that got a four star fired? Really?

Do you wonder if President Obama ever asks the same thing? “Who’s that?”

The Joe Biden who told NBC  “I would tell members of my family — and I have — I wouldn’t go anywhere in confined places now…It’s not that it’s going to Mexico. It’s [that] you’re in a confined aircraft. When one person sneezes, it goes all the way through the aircraft. That’s me….So, from my perspective, what it relates to is mitigation. If you’re out in the middle of a field when someone sneezes, that’s one thing. If you’re in a closed aircraft or closed container or closed car or closed classroom, it’s a different thing.” That Joe Biden?

The Joe Biden who told a wheelchair bound Chuck Graham to “stand up Chuck, let ‘em see ya.” That Joe Biden?

The Joe Biden who while speaking at a St. Patrick’s Day event and addressing the Irish Prime Minister quipped,  “His mom lived in Long Island for ten years or so. God rest her soul.” Only problem, she was still alive. That Joe Biden?

The Joe Biden who when preaching the benefits of a new government website in a television interview forgets the web address of Recovery.gov asks an aid, “Do you know the website number?” That Joe Biden?

The list of V.P. Biden flubs is too long to continue here….

Our President fires a four star for asking “who’s that?”

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